novelraw #697 - Things will change over time.
#697 - Things will change over time.
"ah……"
Long Haitian's body shook.
He froze in place again.
There is nothing wrong with what Wang Yuan said.
Just now, Long Haitian was a prisoner. Dugu Ling came out to plead for mercy, and only then did Wang Yuan and others release him.
Now Long Haitian is the leader of the imperial capital and the commander of the federal government’s legion.
The personal grudges have been settled.
What needs to be resolved now is the issue of siege warfare.
Follow the city station rules.
The losing party must become the subordinate main city of the winning party.
Taxes must be paid on time every month and tributes must be made on time every year.
The main focus is on humility.
It was already a foregone conclusion that the imperial capital would become a subsidiary city of Jiangbei City. The key point was that Jiangbei City had been bombed into ruins by them.
This reconstruction work is no small task.
That’s the entire main city and all the surrounding urban areas.
It took more than a year to build the shelter for Jiangbei City's one million people.
Putting aside the casualties (in fact there were no casualties) and losses, the resources needed to build shelter buildings and the funds for reconstruction would be astronomical figures.
Jiang Beicheng must not be asked to pay for this money.
Otherwise, what’s the point of winning this city battle?
After hearing what Wang Yuan said, Long Haitian wanted to die.
If I had known this, he would never have used such a devastating blow even if I had to kill him.
In fact, normal people would not resort to firepower coverage when fighting in a city war unless they have a mental problem...
Even those who want to massacre the city will keep it.
After all, they are attacking the city, and what they want is this city.
The whole city has been destroyed, what's the point of attacking it?
Of course, dropping an atomic bomb on a little notebook doesn't count, because that's not a siege... it's just to kill the cancer of militarism.
Long Haitian burst into tears: "I understand the truth, but I really have no money now... I'm afraid that all the awakened people in our imperial capital have no money."
Having said that, Long Haitian looked down.
The awakened ones who were running naked on the streets were shivering with their arms folded.
It's hard for them to watch the fun with their naked butts in such a cold weather.
As for where the money went, Wang Yuan naturally knew better than them.
When the city battle is over, we will know where the money has gone.
When Long Haitian said he had no money, his voice trembled.
Having just escaped death, he knew very well the methods used by Wang Yuan and his companions.
I'm not going to hang myself up and put wire through it again.
“Money is not important.”
"Resources..." Long Haitian's face turned pale.
Resources refer to things like wood, ore, food, and magic stones.
As a monetary system, the role of gold coins in the end times is to purchase resources, equipment, props and other things.
Rebuilding Jiangbei City will definitely require resources.
Long Haitian lost money, and Wang Yuan also needed to purchase resources first before he could use them for urban construction.
Gold coins are currency, and words can be used to bet and guess.
But resources are not something that can be directly used for guessing.
In such a large main city as the imperial capital, there are 700,000 awakened people who send out troops, and nearly 10 million ordinary people.
Naturally there will be no shortage of resources or anything like that.
From the very beginning, Wang Yuan did not expect Long Haitian to lose money. The resources of this city were what Wang Yuan wanted.
Long Haitian was also a person who once ruled the imperial capital, so he naturally knew the importance of resources to the main city.
We can still make do without money.
Without resources, we will be unable to move forward.
But if you don’t give it, the consequences will be even more terrifying.
Should he suffer alone, or let the whole city suffer with him... People like Long Haitian naturally know what to choose.
"How much...how much do you want?" Long Haitian said.
"All of them."
Wang Yuandao.
"Just kill me!" Long Haitian was overwhelmed: "If you take away all the resources, won't the people in my city starve to death?"
"It doesn't matter. The people in this city are also resources." Wang Yuan casually took out a contract from his arms and said, "Not only do you have to give all the resources in your hands to Jiangbei City, but all of you have to sign this contract and become people of Jiangbei City."
"You... still want all of us??!!"
After hearing what Wang Yuan said, Long Haitian sat down on the ground and felt as if the sky was falling.
The guy in front of me is simply a devil.
Co-author... He not only wants money and resources, he even wants people.
What kind of spirit is this?
This is the spirit of leaving no grass growing wherever you go.
This is the process of people walking over and scraping it cleanly.
Long Haitian admits that he is not a good person, but his purpose of expanding his territory and inviting other main cities to join the federal government is nothing more than to control the resources of other main cities and let other main cities pay taxes to him on time.
Wang Yuan was even more ruthless and took the whole person away with him.
If the imperial capital was such a large piece of land that couldn't be moved, this guy would have taken the imperial capital away as well, right?
“6…”
Not to mention Long Haitian, even the dead people and Dabai's skeletons were stunned when they heard what Wang Yuan said.
Everyone has realized that every time they think they have reached Wang Yuan's limit, Wang Yuan can always teach them another lesson.
Let everyone know what is bottomless and what is unattainable.
Everyone can understand losing money, resources, or even ceding land.
But he also took away all the people. What was this guy thinking?
"Our Jiangbei City is not that big, right?"
Wang Yujie couldn't help but complain in a low voice.
The main urban area of Jiangbei is actually not very large. The current urban area is the result of expansion and the gathering of villagers from all the towns and villages below.
But even if the urban area is expanded, a population of one million will still seem very crowded in Jiangbei.
The imperial capital is the largest city in China.
Its population ranks among the largest in the world.
At present, the population of the imperial capital is more than ten times that of Jiangbei City.
If all of them were to move directly to Jiangbei City, Jiangbei City would be overcrowded.
"No need to relocate the population." Wang Yuan said: "Just sign a contract, all resources must be deposited into Jiangbei City's account, and then Jiangbei City will dispatch them."
“…”
After Wang Yuan said this, everyone understood.
The awakened people and civilians in the imperial capital are still in the imperial capital.
But the imperial capital is equivalent to a branch of Jiangbei City.
According to the city war settings, the defeated party only needs to pay taxes and tributes on time, and other resources are at their own disposal.
Wang Yuan’s requirement was that there was no need to pay taxes or tributes, but all resources had to be controlled by Jiangbei City.
This is equivalent to turning the imperial capital into a blood bag of Jiangbei City...
Damn it, I never thought this day would come in the capital.
Everyone was deeply moved.
Long Haitian didn't say anything, because he knew that all of Wang Yuan's requests were now to inform him rather than discuss with him.
"Also," Wang Yuan added, "the federal government legion no longer has any need to exist."